HUNGARIAN STATES. 



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Man of the Frontiers. 



Hungarian Peasant. 



the Hungarian a military- 

 appearance. The females 

 dress in black, and wear 

 long sleeves. The peas- 

 ants wear a calpac-, or felt 

 cap, and a large woolen 

 cloak. The}' cin'i'y a wal- 

 let on their shoulders, and 

 generally have a hatchet. 

 Thus dressed and equip- 

 ped, they generally sleep, 

 when traveling, in the open 

 air. In Transylvania, the 

 peasantry have nearly the 

 ancient Pionian dress, that 

 was worn by their class ; a 

 tunic of while cloth belted 

 to the waist, and reaching to 

 the knee ; trowsers in wide 

 I folds descending to the an- 

 kles, and sandals on their 

 feet. Various languages are 

 in use in Hungary, bnt the 

 most general is the Hun- 

 garian ; a dialect, it is supposed, of the Scythian and the Latin. The Latin is very general, 

 and much public business is transacted in it. It does not, of course, retain all its classical 

 purity among a people more given to arms than arts ; and the memorable shout of the Hun- 

 garian nobility, inoriainur pro rege nostra Maria Theresa, had more of heroism than latinity. 

 In Transylvania, as in Wallachia, the language is a dialect of the Latin. 



There is little that is peculiar in Hungary ; the villages are composed of small houses, with 



tnds to the street, and all, in 

 point of shape, exactly alike. In 

 Transylvania, it is common in 

 some places to have a homely 

 sentiment wj-itten over the door ; 

 as " May we never want bread, 

 nor the freedom to enjoy our do- 

 mestic comforts." 



Hungary is blessed with abun- 

 dance ; but commerce affords 

 few cutlets to her productions. 

 In Dalmatia, on the conti-ary, 

 some of the inhabilanls at times 

 are compelled, for several months 

 in the year, to subsist on juniper 

 berries, and wild roots. Fiogs 

 and snails are eaten in Hunga- 

 ry ; and rice is common there, 

 and In Transylvania. A favor- 

 ite dish with the common peo- 

 ple is an on^elet mixed with boil- 

 ed prunes ; in other respects the 

 diet is not peculiar. The wines 

 of Hungary are excellent ; some 

 of the sweet wines are equal to the Monte Pulciano, and the Tokay is generally admitted to 

 be the best wine in Europe. The grapes are not pressed, but the juice drips into vats from 

 nets suspended above. The true Tokay is produced but in a small district ; and it bears an 

 enornious price. As its excellence is much incri='as('d b\' age, il has been sometimes sold for 



Man of Upper Himgary. 



Huvsarian Girl. 



